Spanish Navy RHIBs repeatedly RAM Greenpeace RHIBs off Canary Islands

[CougarKing]

The ramming begins at time segment 1:11 in the video below:

CTV News video

 

[Harris]

You play with the bull, you get the horns.

 

[Scott]

Good! Carry on.

 

[dimsum]

You play with the bull, you get the horns.

Pun intended? 

 

[jollyjacktar]

Thanks for the video.  I enjoyed watching that.  Greenpeace get up my nose.

 

[Robert0288]

It might just be me, but it looked like the greenpeace guys had climbing gear and where about to board that ship illegally.

Can we call them pirates and stick them on a terrorist watch list yet?

 

[Scott]

Agree. I saw something like a single rail ladder being made ready to throw, and a few of the "activists" had large packs on, typical of them in these sorts of activities.

 

[Tibbson]

Agree. I saw something like a single rail ladder being made ready to throw, and a few of the "activists" had large packs on, typical of them in these sorts of activities.

They certainly fit MY definition of terrorists.

 

[Scott]

Wish the Danes had have done the same thing in Greenland a few years back.

I don't know if I'd leap to "terrorists" but "monumentally fucking stupid", for sure.

 

[jollyjacktar]

I have no doubt they were intending to attempt a boarding on the what I suspect was the drilling vessel in the video when the Spanish decided to play bumper boats.  They're lucky they were not feeling frisky as the French were with the Rainbow Warrior some years back.

 

[George Wallace]

Wish the Danes had have done the same thing in Greenland a few years back.

I don't know if I'd leap to "terrorists" but "monumentally fucking stupid", for sure.

Pirates perhaps.

 

[Scott]

I'll stick with monumentally fucking stupid.

 

[The Bread Guy]

It might just be me, but it looked like the greenpeace guys had climbing gear and where about to board that ship illegally.

Can we call them pirates and stick them on a terrorist watch list yet?

Agree. I saw something like a single rail ladder being made ready to throw, and a few of the "activists" had large packs on, typical of them in these sorts of activities.

Yup - this, shared under the Fair Dealing provisions of the Copyright Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-42) ....

Spanish naval boats on Saturday prevented environmental activists from the group Greenpeace from boarding a ship engaged in oil exploration off the Canary Islands.

The environmental protection group accused the military of ramming its motorboats and posted a video of the operation online. The Defence Ministry in Madrid denied the accusations.

An Italian activist was injured with cuts and a broken leg, Greenpeace said.

She was hurt when she was thrown overboard and hit by an engine propeller, the Spanish news agency Efe reported. She was rescued by navy personnel.

The navy dispatched two boats to prevent the boarding of the Rowan Renaissance, sent by the oil company Repsol to conduct test drilling, Efe reported, citing the ministry.

Repsol received permission from the Spanish government for the drilling off the islands of Lanzarote und Fuerteventura, but the regional government of the Canary Islands, nearly all political parties, unions and environmental organizations oppose the plan. They fear the search for oil could negatively affect tourism, which provide the islands‘ economic livelihood.

More from Google News here (Spanish-language media GoogNews here).

 

[Scott]

Pretty much confirmed that a buddy of mine is on that drillship.

I've asked how they've been enjoying baiting Greenpeace for the Spaniards  ;D